Sally Family Festival

Name: Sally Family Festival
Start: 2026-10-17T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-17T23:00:00+02:00
Location: dB's

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 · 18:00 — 23:00

dB's, Utrecht

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This Beautiful Mess's debut album 'Falling On Deaf Ears' turns twenty-five in 2026. Released in 2001 through Sally Forth Records/Sony Music in the Benelux and Deep Elm Records in the US, Canada and Japan, the album's first single 'Clean' earned airplay on 3FM and Kink FM, bringing the Zeeland band to stages like Lowlands, Noorderslag, Eurosonic and Crossing Border.

To mark this milestone, This Beautiful Mess and Sally Forth Records are releasing the album on vinyl for the first time - newly remastered with special artwork. The band made a comeback in 2021 with the EP 'Second Mountain Songs'; last year came their fifth album 'the Soft Powers'. Their set at this festival blends old and new material.

The Sally Family Festival also features musical guests Cape Sleep, Mensenkinderen and Rick de Gier/Ponoka. DJ Bartcore provides connecting DJ sets.

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This Beautiful Mess

Cape Sleep
Mensenkinderen
Rick de Gier/Ponoka
DJ Bartcore

About: This Beautiful Mess

Zeeland shoegaze and indie rock veterans This Beautiful Mess have been crafting layered, melancholic guitar music for nearly three decades. Five albums in - from the breakthrough debut 'Falling On Deaf Ears' to the recent 'the Soft Powers' - the band remains a fixture of the Dutch indie scene.

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2026-05
This Beautiful Mess releases the debut album 'Falling On Deaf Ears' on vinyl for the first time on the occasion of the 25th anniversary, remastered and featuring special artwork.
2026-05
The band performs at the Sally Family Festival in dB's Utrecht (17 October) together with Cape Sleep, Ponoka and Mensenkinderen, combining old and new work.
2025-01
In January 2025, the band announced an intimate album concert for 9 March 2025, accompanied by the HTTACP choir which is also featured on the new album.

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Tracks

Cleandebut single from 2001, airplay on 3FM and Kink FM

Cacophonicclassic from the debut album, live favorite

Kid of Theebeloved track from the early years, regularly played live

Bethesdatrack from the comeback EP 'Second Mountain Songs' (2021)

Every right to capsizeopening track of the album 'the Soft Powers' (2024)

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